Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Join a team that values your ambition and empowers your growth

At Corient, we help high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families to enjoy a full life, while enabling them to preserve their wealth for future generations, and provide for the people, causes and communities they care about. We focus on exceeding expectations, simplifying lives, and establishing legacies that last for generations. We are always looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our team. If you want to work for a company that values your contributions and supports your growth, we would like to meet you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Cloud administration
  
  • Design/build Corient's cloud platform foundation across Azure (with potential multi-cloud Azure exposure with multi-tenant Azure and multi-geo for Microsoft 365)
  • Develop infrastructure-as-code frameworks using Terraform, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines that enable self-service developer workflows

• Data Protection, Backup, and DR (Disaster Recovery)
  • Design and implement multi-region availability and DR strategies to ensure business continuity, RTO/RPO compliance, and resilience for mission-critical wealth management systems
  • Database and storage backup monitoring

• Infrastructure monitoring and incident management
  • Build observability, reliability, and security guardrails onto the platform from day one
  • Establish real-time monitoring and continuous surveillance of system health (e.g., 3rd party data pipelines).
  • Incident response, serving as first line of defense for outages. This includes troubleshooting bottlenecks and executing RCAs (Root Cause Analysis) for continuous improvement.

• Security and Compliance Enforcement
  • Patch management - establish process and reviews to ensure security standards are maintained
  • Audit readiness - Partner cross-functionally with Security, Data, and Application Engineering to deliver enterprise-grade infrastructure that meets ICFR, SOC-1, SOC-2, ISO 27001, and SEC compliance requirements

• Establish Kubernetes (EKS) standards including cluster architecture, networking, autoscaling, and cost optimization
• Contribute to M&A infrastructure integrations as Corient continues its acquisition strategy
• Architect serverless solutions using Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, and event-driven patterns to optimize cost, scale, and operational efficiency
• Build runbooks and standardized procedures for rapidly deploying infrastructure during M&A integrations, enabling repeatable, low-friction onboarding of acquired company environments
• Mentor and influence - even as an individual contributor, you'll set technical direction and raise the engineering bar across the team

Required Qualifications :

• 8+ years of platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE engineering experience
• Deep expertise in Azure (AKS, IAM, VPC, networking, security)
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
• Experience with performance and observability tooling such as Datadog, Prometheus, Splunk, Grafana, ELK, New Relic, or new generation AI dev ops tools.
• Proficient in at least one of Python, Go, or TypeScript for automation and tooling
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, and compliance frameworks
• Hands-on experience with serverless platforms (Azure Functions, AWS Lambda) and event-driven architecture
• Excellent communication skills and a bias toward action

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in regulated industries (FinTech, Wealth Management, Healthcare)
• Background in M&A infrastructure integration
• Multi-cloud experience (Azure, GCP)
• Experience with Databricks, data platform engineering, or modern data stack
• SOC2, FINRA, or SEC compliance experience

Physical Requirements

• This position requires the physical capabilities to work in an office environment, which may include prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Corient seeks to make reasonable accommodations that enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties when possible.
• This position may require the ability to lift up to 15 pounds.
• This position is required to work onsite 4 days per week.

U.S. Eligibility Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States. For U.S. employment opportunities, Corient hires U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Exceptions to these requirements will be determined based on shortage of qualified candidates with a particular skill. Corient will require proof of work authorization.
• Corient participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
• Must be willing to execute Corient's Employee Agreement or Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement, which require, among other things, post-employment obligations relating to non-solicitation, confidentiality, and non-disclosure.

What You Can Expect from Us

Our dedication to the Employee Experience at Corient is aimed at supporting, empowering, and inspiring our talented team through:

• 401(k) Plan with Employer Matching
• Four Medical Plan options that is generously subsidized by Corient
• Employer paid Dental, Vision & Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employer paid Short-term & Long-term Disability
• Paid Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts & Health Savings Accounts
• Dependent Care FSA
• Commuter & Transit FSA
• Corporate Discount Program - Perkspot
• Training Reimbursement
• Paid Professional Designations
• Giving back to the community - Volunteer days

Corient is one of the fastest-growing wealth management platforms in the United States. We have over 40 offices located across the country that serve more than 15,000 clients and manage over $220 billion in client assets. We combine a boutique's personal service, creativity and objective advice with the extensive resources and vast intellectual capital of an innovative industry leader to create a profoundly different wealth management experience for our clients.

Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All candidates will be recruited and, if applicable, selected and employed without regard to sex, race, religion, marital status, veteran status, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, creed, ancestry, disability, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by law.

This position description is intended to provide a general overview of the expectations and responsibilities of this position and may not include all tasks that may be assigned. As the nature of business demands change, so may the functions of this position. Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned with or without notice.

Corient refers to the separate but affiliated entities under common control of Corient Holdings Inc. Client assets include all assets of Corient Holdings Inc., including majority- and minority-owned businesses.